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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 5804521" data-attributes="member: 158">Speaking as a former mod here:Sure, hate whatever game or mechanics you want - the line usually gets drawn however, when the poster goes to, "...and anyone who does like X must only be in it for <powergaming/elitism/ignorance/stupidity/insert derogatory reason here>." What I try to do personally is keep it to my experience and feeling on it, and avoid generalizing to everyone else - that reduces the number of arguments that get a moderator's radar pinging."report a post" -- bottom left-hand of the first frame on each individual post. Not every post reported is acted on (maybe the reporter is seeing a slight and the mods don't, or maybe the mods are letting the offender get a little more rope to hang himself with, or they issue a private warning to the offender instead of a public one). Yes. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> More seriously, if you're pegged as a problem user, BELIEVE me they'll communicate with you, either in the thread or privately. A simple "I think you're performing problem behavior" privately sometimes works wonders that a public carpet-calling would not.Depends on the phase of the moon, the current hot-topics, and how "froggy" the user base is feeling. But rest assured, you'll probably be warned before banned - and if you weren't it's probably because you were warned elsewhere first.Yes, it's called "don't be a jerk" (also called DBAD) <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Other than this, the forums' culture is as organic as it comes. The FAQ contains a lot of useful info on this but the principle is, "if you have to second-guess if someone will take your post the wrong way, it's probably better for you to edit or not post it." Also, the "other person's living room" used be useful -- "don't say something that you wouldn't say to a friend, sittin' in his/her living room, eatin' their food." But some people get a LOT more insulting with their friends than I do, I guess. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />It's also why sometimes you might see an exchange the mods DON'T hand-slap, and a similar exchange that they DO hand-slap, because the persons involved actually know each other and have been friends for years, and the mods know this because they know the history or have met them, too. One difference between ENWorld and a lot of other forums is that many of the posters have met each other at conventions, gamedays, etc. in person, have forged real friendships, all because they started hanging around here just listening to the conversation, chiming in once they had a feel for it, and going to meetups in real life. And we're not talking "clique favoritism posters who've been here for ten years", we're talking people who just joined six months ago, started chatting, and went to Gencon/Origins/a Local ENWorld gameday, whatnot.If a poster isn't a jerk who contributes positively to the good of the community, they get more leeway than someone who repeatedly proves themselves out to get a laugh at someone else's expense.[ForrestGump]...and that's all I've got to say about that.[/ForrestGump]</blockquote>

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